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Making Teachers Unions Work for Students -- And All Teachers

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Education, Charter Schools, Green Dot, Mayor Daley, Education Reform, Unions, Chicago Teachers Union, Cps, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

Getting unions to prioritize compensation and not the strictures that constrain schools would require a tectonic shift in their priorities, but precedent for such reformed advocacy does exist.

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Bystander Education: How To Act In The Face Of Violence

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mentors in Violence Prevention, Sexual Violence, Rape, Richmond-California, Green Dot, 15 Year Old Girl Beaten, Impact News

In the final episode of Seinfeld, the apathetic foursome were arrested in a small New England town for standing by and laughing while a heavy-set man ...

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Prepaid Debit Cards Hide Enormous Fees

nytimes.com | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Prepaid Debit Cards, Mastercard, Micash, Visa, Consumer Federation of America, Green Dot, Business News

For many people who do not have bank accounts, or cannot get a credit card, the appeal is irresistible, making the reloadable cards among the consumer...

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Green Dot: Proponent of Educational Reform

Micheal McElveen | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Charter Schools, Watts, Green Dot, School Reform, Los Angeles, Alain Leroy Locke High School, Education Reform, Cameron Diaz, Politics News
Micheal McElveen

After Green Dot turned my Watts, L.A. high school into a charter, I felt a sense of inspiration in witnessing and living the transformation process. I should not be the exception.

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Renaissance 2010 Gets A Solid 'B'

Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, University of Chicago, Green Dot, School Choice, Renaissance 2010, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

New University of Chicago findings pour cold water on both the most ardent critics and most ardent proponents of both Ren10 and the charter schools it has created.

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Can a hostile takeover help a desperate inner city high school?

Christal Smith | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Steve Barr, So Cal Connected, Charter Schools, Angela Shelley, Education Reform, Green Dot, LA Unified School District, Watts, Locke High School, Kcet, Living News
Christal Smith

Take one run down high school near Watts, California, that straddles two rival gang territories and has a 75% dropout rate for incoming freshmen; add...

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Barack Obama, "These Kids" and Charter Public Schools

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Test Scores, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, Education, Charter Public Schools, Chicago, Kids, Charter Schools, Green Dot, Obama, Teachers, Barack Obama, Incs, Politics News
Tom Cosgrove

Barack Obama, in a pre-election speech, told the story of a teacher he encountered who complained of a "these kids" syndrome - the tendency to explain...

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